How to get around Goa

Scooter: the way Goa actually moves

Goa's main way to move: ~₹300–500 a day off season, up to ~₹1,000 in peak. You rent from local shops (by a shack, a guesthouse, a crossroads); the apps barely work here and the deal is made in person. Deposit ~₹1,000–2,000 or a passport copy; never hand over the original. You need an international licence with category A and a helmet: checkpoints do fine you.

~₹300–500 a day off-season, up to ~₹1,000 at peak

GoaMiles and the state Goa Taxi app

Goa is the one state where Uber and Ola never arrived. GoaMiles is the main app; the government Goa Taxi app went state-wide in 2025. About 5,000 of 12,000 tourist taxis are in them, so cars are not always nearby.

River ferries

Flat barges cross the Mandovi every half hour; Ribandar to Chorao runs from 06:00 to 02:00. Ride your scooter straight on: it is a shortcut and a river trip at the same time.

free on foot and on two wheels, ~₹10 for a car

Kadamba and private buses

Everything runs through the three hubs (Panaji, Mapusa and Margao), so a beach-to-beach trip usually means a change. They stop around 21:00 and start again at six.

~₹10–50

Bike taxis: the "pilots"

Motorcycles with yellow plates, legal here since 1979 and found nowhere else in India in this form. They wait at markets, bus stands and ferry slips; there is no meter, so agree the price first.

~₹50–150 for a short hop